i am sure that people take advantage of the web site. >> performing diaspora will continue next year with performances by several of the artists. >> thank you for being part of >> thank you for being part of "culture wir

>> the museum of the african diaspora showcases the history, art, and cultural richness that resulted from the dispersal of africans throughout the world. we do that through compelling and innovative exhibitions, public programs, and education programs. our goal is to celebrate and present for appreciation to our broad and diverse public the controversial energy contributions of people of african descent to world culture in all aspects in all areas, including politics, culture, economics, education, just in all aspects of cultural forms of expression. >> one of the fascinating things since 2005 when the museum was established, is that it has become clear from science that all of humanity originates in africa. how does that influence the education programs or presentation here at moad? >> obviously, being able to attenuate that, and there is a sign at the door that says, "when did you know that you were african?" our point is that we share a common dna, and it connects us on a number of different levels. this institution is an institution available to everyone, a resourced for everyone

. >> performing diaspora came to me for an idea several years ago when i was looking at a the ecosystemhe cultural community of the bay area. artists who are rooted in traditional performance of forms have a certain amount of opportunity to show their work. often, when they want to transform that work, there's not a support system. contemporary presenters are more and more open to additional work but without a lot of context. what i want to do is to create an opportunity for artists, give them a chance to develop new work not just to the festival but through a residency program and decommissioning process so we can fully support the work and it's development. >> what i want is for the dancers to feel like dancers, not like folklorico dancers. the choreographer, i want to be able to do a much more personal work that speaks about the reality that we live then. not the reality of our parents. even more importantly, not every dance is about happy people and happy places. we need to use the vocabulary i have always known within this context. i've tried to do that again and again. never with

the role of the diaspora would be relatively limited. i do not think the political leadership will come from the diaspora. there is one big problem. living abroad, we do not know what it means to live under 30 or 40 years of gaddafi. the language is different. the feelings are different. the emulsions. for these people -- the emotions. for these people, this is emotional stuff. the leadership is yet to come. it cannot be reject these people who have been a broad. if i may have a minute for this. [unintelligible] i see the good in his point regarding this issue. having money for elections would be good because it would allow the beginning, the simple family clan. misrata will carry his plate. we have to find a way in the new assembly to reconcile the differences, the good that comes with the organization. libya needs to be reconstructed entirely. they are doing everything they can to undermine any sense of mission, one single vision. they must be allowed to express what it means to be libyan. that is the unification. therefore, we have to

but at the very -- at the base level somali diaspora, members of diaspora are going to speak english and arabic and they run the entire government, and have the best business opportunities so, yeah, there were plenty of people. everyone i spoke to in holding a position in government spoke english. but for the pirates it was yeah universally translated in somali. there's a really strong tensions between the levels of somali activity those who paid and suffered the brunt of the war and those who have been able to escape and have lives outside. it's interesting. there's a really sharp divide in somali society. >> host: one of the things you learned from boya which i found quite fascinating maybe not surprising but fascinating but he doesn't see himself as a pirate. the pirates don't call themselves pirates. >> guest: yeah, they know the word. they use the word. >> host: they find it slightly offensive. >> guest: yeah, it's sort of like a slight racial slur. if you use slight a racial slur they might react to it the same way. >> host: well, they see themselves as they call it saviors of

we have sponsorship from the african diaspora, and the friends of the san francisco public library. i serve as part of the african- american interest committee that helped put this program together, and i want to thank all of you for coming, and i want to thank sfgtv for taking the program today. we want to thank the department here at san francisco public library, and we are having a reception in l58, and we want to thank read your catering for providing some delicious food for us to nibble on today, so will you please join us and say thank you again to mrs. colvin and also to byrin bain for telling his story, but thank you for coming so that we can say thank you to miss colvin for being a living history maker. join us. thank you. ♪ lift every voice and sing

and there is actually a map of it in the few pages into this looks the map of the diaspora looks like the map of the british empire volcker. this points to one of the key features i wanted to signal about the significance of looking at this diaspora because it really helps to make sense of the seeming paradox. the american revolution was the greatest single defeat for the british empire until the era of world war ii. the greatest loss of territory, it plunged the empire into the enormous depths and was particularly of humiliating kind of defeat as they saw their own closest colonists, people that they fought in many ways as brethren breakaway. yet within just a decade or so britton had bounced back to restriking extent and was to bring the british empire that was the leading world power for the entirety of the country so how do we explain the paradox of britain coming out of a devastating defeat and yet during short order going on to the world? well, we usually think about the sort of international significance of the american revolution in terms of the 1776, the values that helped mo

and there is actually a map of it in the few pages into this looks the map of the diaspora looks like the map of the british empire volcker. this points to one of the key features i wanted to signal about the significance of looking at this diaspora because it really helps to make sense of the seeming paradox. the american revolution was the greatest single defeat for the british empire until the era of world war ii. the greatest loss of territory, it plunged the empire into the enormous depths and was particularly of humiliating kind of defeat as they saw their own closest colonists, people that they fought in many ways as brethren breakaway. yet within just a decade or so britton had bounced back to restriking extent and was to bring the british empire that was the leading world power for the entirety of the country so how do we explain the paradox of britain coming out of a devastating defeat and yet during short order going on to the world? well, we usually think about the sort of international significance of the american revolution in terms of the 1776, the values that helped mo

we have sponsorship from the african diaspora, and the friends of the san francisco public library. i serve as part of the african- american interest committee that helped put this program together, and i want to thank all of you for coming, and i want to thank sfgtv for taking the program today. we want to thank the department here at san francisco public library, and we are having a reception in l58, and we want to thank read your catering for providing some delicious food for us to nibble on today, so will you please join us and say thank you again to mrs. colvin and also to byrin bain for telling his story, but thank you for coming so that we can say thank you to miss colvin for being a living history maker. join us. thank you. ♪ lift every voice and sing >> welcome to culture wire. we will look at the latest and greatest public art project. recently, the airport unveiled the new state of the art terminal. let's take a look. the new terminal service and american airlines and virgin america was designed by a world- renowned architecture's firm. originally built in 1954, the build

. >> for more information about the museum of the african the museum of the african diaspora, visit moadsf.org. >> hi, everybody. my name is carmen chu. why don't we get started. with a marking up with the department of small business -- we have been working with the department of small business. this project started when we heard from neighborhood merchants. unfortunately, they had access issues, visibility access issues. we have been working closely with many of our partners year today to educate about these -- many of our partners year today to educate about these issues. also in terms of board guidance. i want to thank all of you for coming. many of you may have assistance. i know many merchants could not be here. please do it share this information with other merchants in the area. we have virginia from the office of small business. we have roger from the bar association. no carla johnson from the office of disability. -- we have carla johnson from the office of disability. i want to especially it acknowledge my colleague to help us get the resources and brought legal expertise to the tab

the community, the diaspora that lives abroad lives everything in the country, business because they are the only ones as mentioned no local people speak english and so they have a certain sophistication. they have foreign languages. they can do it somewhat better and the president spent 20 years in australia. >> guest: and his son as well. so yes. and the president spoke six languages. but at the very base level, the members of the diaspora are going to speak english and arabic and they come and totally dominate the top ranks and run the entire government, have the best business opportunities so there were plenty of people. everyone i spoke to in holding position in government spoke english but for the pirates it was a universally translation and actually there is a really strong tension between the two levels, those who stay and suffer the brunt of the war and those unable to escapes and have lives outside so it's interesting. there's a sharp divide in this society. >> host: one of the things you learn from boya which i find fascinating, maybe not surprising but fascinating, is he

. >> performing diaspora will continue next year with performances by several of the artists. >> thank you for being part of "culture wire." >> thank you so much. supervisor campos: i think we are ready. good afternoon and welcome to the special meeting of friday, july 29, 2011 of the san francisco local agency formation commission. my name is david campos, and i am the chair of the commission. we are joined today by commissioners john avalos, hope schmeltzer, commission alternate leah pimentel, and we will be joined shortly by ross mirkarimi. madam clerk, do we have any announcements? >> please make sure to turn off cellular phones and electronic devices. completed speaker carts and copies of documents to be submitted as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. supervisor campos: please call item two. >> approval of minutes for the june 3, 2011, lafco meeting. supervisor campos: colleagues, you have before you the minutes of the june 3, 2011, meeting. i do not know if you have comments or questions. commissioner schmeltzer: i move we approve the minutes. supervisor campos: b

it's part of the african diaspora in this so-called new world. >> hinojosa: why is it so important for mean you've had amazing success, grammy nominations, professor of music. it is about teaching and handing this down for you. that's an essential part of it. >> sure, because it represents us. it represents... it's our ethos, it's our being. and what i tell young people is... and this is a common cliche, but it's very profound. once you know who you are and where you came from, nobody really can mess with you. i mean, and cultural pride has always been at the source of our being as latinos, and also our music. a good friend of mine, colleague, one of the first djs in the hip hop world, he talks about cultural medicine. people are always looking for medicine. and for us, in our communities, whether they're african american, latino, or even anglo american, music is our medicine. and our music is so deep and rich in its ties to the past that we should celebrate that and not lose it. and that's... >> hinojosa: so your doctors... okay, if music is our medicine, your doctors would be mongo s

libyan rebels are ready to storm cut down his hometown under a nato asho the diaspora had to find it you took out an old sister of a couple and start their own find one deals with. me and that's great it's just lies of the state status severe winds causing the carlson north carolina and virginia is bracing itself for the it will be the last stolen generation with thousands want to move them since it's hard to transport and subway. or british hold water that has been easy to come to expose unable to sell corruption on the job for six months more than even reporting at the border area and some of your old woman's club is going to the trees trying to silence. and they're going to give up because it ends on its need to elect a president in the face of the top terms of rebuilding the country's economy although vice presidents are examined on the bomb and one on the butt of these two bottles to be the country's. next to explore the latest in the appliance of science in russia and around the world and on technology uptake. welcome to technology update and welcome to mocks the world famous m

. >> if the panel could address the question of the libyan diaspora. what role will they play in the post-gaddafi libya? >> i think we're all very good and we see our country go back to democracy and freedom. the role of the gas from -- of the diaspora will be relatively limited. i do not thinking the political lives ship will come from us. we do not know what it has meant to be under gaddafi for 40 years. our legitimacy is undermined by the fact -- the emotions, and that people have to understand the emotion. that is a major factor for legitimacy. the leadership has yet to come. it cannot be jibril or these other people. it has to come from the ground. if i may have a minute for this. i see the good in this point. having elections will be good because it will allow the beginning of a competition, the beginning of an emergency of a new leader, a new people. whoever is in that moment will run the country. we have to find a way in the debate in the new assembly to find a way to reconcile this necessity -- with the other big problem of libya that we have

into this book, the map of the loyalist diaspora looks like the map of the british empire as a whole, and this points to one of the key features that i wanted to snag -- signal about the significance of this disas play because it helps make sense of the a seeming paradox. the american revolution was the greatest single defeat for the british empire until the era of world war world war ii. it's the greatest loss of territory, plonged them into debt. it was a humiliating deaf feet seeing their own closest colonist people they saw as brethren break away, and, yes, within just a decade or so, britain had bounced back to a striking extent, and it was to be the leading empire to be the world power for the entirety of the 19th century. how do we explain the paradox of britain coming out of a devastating defeat, but in short order going on to rule the world? well, we usually think about the sort of international significance of the american revolution in terms of the 1776, the values, you know, that helped mobilize other people around the world to express their own desire for liberty. in fac

big pockets of the ukrainian american diaspora. >> rose: could you identify that experience in termsf who you are? >> yeah, it's very much who i am. i'm a ukrainian american. i'm in... you know, i'm the daughter of ukrainians and it's a big thing. their struggle and perseverance to give me the kind of life that i could have and live right now the freedom and the possibility that they went through hardship and my grandma... it's a lot of sacrifice and a lot of struggle. that journey over here... it's our genetic code looking over my shoulder and gratitude and... and... hmm. i come from peasantry, ukrainian peasantry. they're hard workers. not taking anything for granted. it is... in abstract ways, you know, i'm trying to figure out how that's... but i grew up in the ukrainian community. all my extracurricular activities were ukrainian, you know? >> rose: they must be celebrating. >> (laughs) um... yeah. yeah. >> rose: our own vera. >> verichka. (laughs) >> rose: thank you for coming. much success. >> thank you. >> rose: "snow flower and the secret fan" is a film about the power of fem

at the very least silo comest amalia and diasporas speak english and are back and totally dominate thetop ranks and ran the entire parent in the best business opportunities. everyone i spoke to him holding position in government spoke english. but for the pirates, the university translated for mali. and actually there's a really strong tension between the two levels restated and suffered the brunt of the civil war and have been able to escape and have lives outside. it's interesting. there's a really sharp divide. >> host: one of the things he learned which i found fascinating is he doesn't see himself as the pirate. the pirates don't call themselves pirates necessarily. >> guest: they know the word, but it's slightly offensive, sort of like a slave racial slur may be. if you use a slave racial slur someone you are familiar with them might react the same way. >> host: they call it saviors of the coast guard and they have a legitimate grievance that they are trying to address. in other words, they words, they have this executed publication. >> guest: i thought at this time that early ev

. >> never before has a diaspora community been so desperately needed. >> reporter: state departmentsits countries and says this has brought people together. >> not only youth, but youth with their parents and elders. >> reporter: the famine galvanized somali american students like this one who just graduated. >> we have done car washes, we have done picnics we have done grocery bagging. >> reporter: this is a month of ramadan, when muslims fast during the day and eat bountiful meals at night. this student tells me she thinks all the time about people who don't have the luxury of fasting. >> in somalia, people don't get to eat at night. people don't get to eat at all. they're lucky if they even get to have a drink. >> reporter: the total number of meals you created tonight in just under an hour and a half time commitment time was 15,552 meals. >> reporter: boxes ready to be shipped to refugee camps in kenya. 43 children will be able to eat for an entire year because of the food these volunteers have packed this evening. jill dougherty, cnn, minneapolis. >>> and you can help the starv

we are doing something, and aid agencies are doing something and the somali people all over the diasporaogether in a unified movement like never before and fielding their own people and sending the doctors home and doing everything they can to do what they k and right now all we need is to get for major governments to come in and hone in on this, you know, really, really devastating situation. and just find a solution to. this i mean, i you know, i make music and i have an audience, and bono has been a great friend and helpful companion throughout all of this, and what we are doing so just trying to change the absence of media in this, because we haven't been seeing any reporting for the quality of the devastation, quality of the reporting is completely inadequate right now. >> well, thank you very much. bono called you a special spirit for your people, and we have to thank you and safe travels on the trip next week. >> thank you so much. thank you, andrea, for having me. >> thank you for being there. >>> and what political story will be making headlines in the next 24 hours sek int. hts

at the very base level, somalia diaspora mirrors a better will speak english and arabic.they down at the top ranks. they run the entire government. have the best business opportunities. so there were plenty of people. everyone i spoke to in holding position in government spoke english. but for the pirates, yeah, university translated in somali. there's a really strong tension between the two levels. those who have stayed and suffer the brunt of the civil war, and those who have been able to escape and have lives outside. so it's a mission. is a sharp divide. >> host: one of the things you learn from boya which i found quite fascinating, maybe not surprising but fascinating, is he doesn't see himself as a pirate. the pirates don't call themselves virus necessarily host a untamed. >> guest: they know the word. it's sort of like a slight slur may be. if you use a very slight racial slur of someone you were not very from and what they might react in the same way. >> host: do they see themselves as saviors of the c.r. coast guard. they have a legitimate grievance they say they

huge following in the diaspora. says, why sufiism attracts me is that it is a search for knowledge seeking who you are. the whole message is knowing yourself and knowing your god and you see with the heart and correct for god not for humanity comes automatically. and the one at the bottom, he died in the late '90s and, again, is a person, sufiism had a huge impact on him and his music. the person above him -- the person between him and the other, can anyone recognize? best known in the west for slum dog. incredible person again. really interesting life story, converted to islam himself. father was of hindu background and again, somebody who is really drawn to sufiism he said in sufiism there's no distinction between hinduism and islam you look in your heart and you have the light of the prophet. and he should love can transcend all these issues. the gentleman in the african address is another giant of global music from senegal. again, somebody who's heavily influenced by sufism has done a sufi album called egypt whi

the role of the diaspora will be relatively limited.hip, they will come from the diaspora. we do not know what it has met for 40 years under gadhafi. the language is different. the feelings are different. the emotions -- to meet people, you have to understand the emotional stuff. that is a major factor. the leadership has yet to come. it cannot be these people under gadhafi. it has to come from the ground. we have argued about the problem in many cases. i see the good in having municipal elections because it would allow the beginning of competition, the merger between semi-tribal family clans and a new leader. whoever is in this moment in tripoli. we have to find a way to reconcile this necessity, the good that comes with centralization, with the big problem of libya, the problem of national identity. gadhafi did everything he could to undermine institutions, to undermine any sense of that mission in the libyans to tie together people in one single vision. the libyans have to be told to be allowed to express what it means to be libbin.

the somali diaspora is incredibly strong. so many people have emig rated to the united states.people do their very best to take care of everyone back at somalia or in a refugee camp in kenya. y they send money to their relatives, they use that to start a business. here you have a really vibrant economy. >> thanks so much. take care of yourself out there. we'll see you again tomorrow. >>> you can go to earlyshow.cbsnews.com to see more of erica's reports on the famine in africa. >>> selling arou isailing aroun alone is tough enough, this man's goal despite enormous obstacles. twizzlers. the twist you can't resist. we all want fewer chemicals. new all free clear oxi-active. a free clear detergent that's tough on stains and gentle on skin. try new all free clear oxi-active. morning starts with arthritis pain... that's two pills before the first bell. [ bell rings ] it's time for recess... and more pills. afternoon art starts and so does her knee pain, that's two more pills. almost done, but hang on... her doctor recommended aleve because it can relieve pain all day with just two p

there is a huge libyan diaspora that has come back home to carry out this fight which is interesting. we still have this picture up from reuters. let's just run it for a bit and see what we can hear. we have been hearing reports there is still sporadic exchanges of gunfire inside the gadhafi compound. let's just listen in for a second. difficult to hear over the sound of prayer from the mosques there. but there was some small arms fire there in the background. one imagines the size of this compound, there will be pockets of resistance in various buildings, in various rooms in buildings. there are gadhafi loyalists inside there who may not want to give up or may not know it's time to give up yet. i would imagine you will be hearing that for quite some time. jim clancy is standing by. jim, you have been watching this. you know the region. you have interviewed gadhafi. your thoughts as you watch this unfold? >> well, there's a lot of things to talk about. i think you look at this from different perspectives. let me give you a little bit of a different perspective. take a look here as ton

i think that maybe some of the solutions to somalia may come from the diaspora. host: nearly 900,000 somalis are currently refugees. you can see it on this map. the countries most affected, kenya, ethiopia, djibouti, down to tanzania. how they getting across the borders? is there any border control? is it mostly walking? by their tribes walking across the border? guest: they are walking. there is no smuggling. people walk on their own. it is a long border. there are border control posts, but there was no possibility for a country like kenya to control entire border. it is a long walk. in countries like ethiopia, the border is better guarded. they have a problem with eritrea, so they have a better capacity to control the border. you have landmines also between eritrea and ethiopia and some of the refugees are going through these writs to get to ethiopia. those coming to yemen are going by boat. often these people are exploited by all sorts of the smugglers and thugs abusing the people on their way to yemen. host: guest: host: how much of this is tribal? guest: the

i think that maybe some of the solutions to somalia may come from the diaspora. host: nearly 900,000 somalis are currently refugees. you can see it on this map. the countries most affected, kenya, ethiopia, djibouti, down to tanzania. how they getting across the borders? is there any border control? is it mostly walking? by their tribes walking across the border? guest: they are walking. there is no smuggling. people walk on their own. it is a long border. there are border control posts, but there was no possibility for a country like kenya to control entire border. it is a long walk. in countries like ethiopia, the border is better guarded. they have a problem with eritrea, so they have a better

american refugee committee and the design firm ideo on the "neighbors" campaign to engage the somali diasporanot only the united states but around the world, to help raise awareness and funds for the relief efforts. and we are working with the white house to mobilize churches, mosques, and synagogues to support this effort. we must remember that time is not on our side. every minute, more people, mostly women and mostly children, are dying. they're becoming sick. they are fleeing their homes. we must respond. we need to rise to the level of this emergency by acting smarter and faster than we have before to achieve both short-term relief and long-term progress. think of what it would mean if we do succeed. millions of people would be saved from this current calamity. millions more would no longer live tenuous existences, always prepared to pick up and move to find food if drought or conflict or other crises occur. parents would no longer have to endure the agony of losing their children when the food runs out. and food aid from countries like the united states would be needed much less frequen

somali, the somali al qaeda called al shabaab and how they were trying to recruit from a variety of diasporaunited states and europe to come back and fight for them. you could see the lightbulbs go awe in bill's mind. he's a brilliant guy. he began to see the connections. he brought us to a conference that he did in minneapolis with five different school districts that have a lot of somali refugee kids in the school district. the purpose was to talk about what the integration challenges of refugee children, particularly somali refugee. how do we make them more successful in the educational setting? he allowed me to take one small section of the time to talk about this issue in particular. before we ever got to my session, the very first thing that has happened was a school district from burlington, vermont, made a presentation about issues they see with somali kids. what are the issues that those kids encounter and how do we make them more effective. and they played a video from a school psychologist who had done a really in-depth look at the issues affecting somali kids. she said there were

somali, the somali al qaeda called al shabaab and how they were trying to recruit from a variety of diasporaunited states and europe to come back and fight for them. you could see the lightbulbs go awe in bill's mind. he's a brilliant guy. he began to see the connections. he brought us to a conference that he did in minneapolis with five different school districts that have a lot of somali refugee kids in the school district. the purpose was to talk about what the integration challenges of refugee children, particularly somali refugee. how do we make them more successful in the educational setting? he allowed me to take one small section of the time to talk about this issue in particular. before we ever got to my session, the very first thing that has happened was a school district from burlington, vermont, made a presentation about issues they see with somali kids. what are the issues that those kids encounter and how do we make them more effective. and they played a video from a school psychologist who had done a really in-depth look at the issues affecting somali kids. she said there were

thousands around the diaspora so i think to reward those families who speak out. his son is in jail. we are trying to save the rest. not looking to be experts but we are the damn best. >> dr. jasser, why are so many other muslim organizations afraid of holding these hearings? they didn't want to hold this hearing. what in your estimation are they afraid of? >> you know, that's a great question, and i think, you know, at the end of the day, change is very difficult, you know, i was asked about -- what am i doing here? my family asked me that frequently because of all the pressure we get because of what i do. it's not an easy task taking on an establishment, taking on a mentality that will not change or reform and realize there are changes that have to happen in ideology in order to prevent this cancer from happening. so the pressures are innumerable especially for a minority population. it's interesting that they're circling the wagon instead of, i think, the best way to let the fear of muslims melt away is see us leading the charge. so in many ways also we're not

i do not think the leadership, the political leadership, will come from the diaspora. there is one big problem. we live abroad. we do not know what it has meant to be for 40 years, 30 years, 20 years under gadhafi. the regime is undermined by the simple fact, the language is different. the feelings are different. the emotions and to lead the people you have to understand their emotions and stuff. i think that is a major factor related to --s that's what i meant before. leadership has yet to come. it can not be gebril, or the others that have been abroad or other people. it has to come from the ground. that's why, if i may have a minute for this. me and daniel argued about the problem of the vision and in many other cases and i see the good in his point regarding this issue. having municipal elections could would be good because it would allow the beginning of a competition, the beginning of emergence within semitribal family clan or new people, become the measure. mez rought at that will cary the weight whoever it run the country. we have to fine a way. that should be

american refugee committee and the design firm ideo on the "neighbors" campaign to engage the somali diaspora, not only the united states but around the world, to help raise awareness and funds for the relief efforts. and we are working with the white house to mobilize churches, mosques, and synagogues to support this effort. we must remember that time is not on our side. every minute, more people, mostly women and mostly children, are dying. they're becoming sick. they are fleeing their homes. we must respond. we need to rise to the level of this emergency by acting smarter and faster than we have before to achieve both short-term relief and long-term progress. think of what it would mean if we do succeed. millions of people would be saved from this current calamity. millions more would no longer live tenuous existences, always prepared to pick up and move to find food if drought or conflict or other crises occur. parents would no longer have to endure the agony of losing their children when the food runs out. and food aid from countries like the united states would be needed much less frequ

the american refugee committee and a design firm on the neighbors campaign to engage the somali diaspora in the united states and around the world to raise awareness and funds for the relief effort. we're working with the white house to mobilize churches, mosques, and synagogues to support the effort. we must remember that time is not on our side. every minute, more people, mostly women and children, are dying. they are becoming sick. they are fleeing their homes. we must respond. we need to rise to the level of this emergency by acting smarter and faster than we have before to achieve short-term relief and long term progress. think of what it would mean if we succeed. millions of people would be saved from this current calamity. millions more would no longer , alwaysuous existence as prepared to pick up and move to find food if drought, conflict, or other crises occur. parents would no longer have to endure the agony of losing their children when the food runs out. food aid from countries like the united states would be needed much less frequently because we're now supporting agricultur

somali, the somali al qaeda called al shabaab and how they were trying to recruit from a variety of diasporanited states and europe to come back and fight for them. you could see the lightbulbs go awe in bill's mind. he's a brilliant guy. he began to see the connections. he brought us to a conference that he did in minneapolis with five different school districts that have a lot of somali refugee kids in the school district. the purpose was to talk about what the integration challenges of refugee children, particularly somali refugee. how do we make them more successful in the educational setting? he allowed me to take one small section of the time to talk about this issue in particular. before we ever got to my session, the very first thing that has happened was a school district from burlington, vermont, made a presentation about issues they see with somali kids. what are the issues that those kids encounter and how do we make them more effective. and they played a video from a school psychologist who had done a really in-depth look at the issues affecting somali kids. she said there were

i think tt maybe some of the solutions to somalia may come from the diaspora. host: nearly 900,000 somalis are currently refugees. you can see it on this map. thcountries st affected, kenya, ethiopia, djibouti, down to tanzania. how they getting ross the borders? is there any border control? is it mostly walking? by their tribes walking across the border? guest: they are walking. there is no smuggling. people walk on their own. it is a long border. there are border control posts, but there was no possibility for a country like kenya to control entire border. it is a long walk. in countries like ethiopia, the border is better guarded. they have a problem with eritrea, so they have a better capacity to control the border. you have landmines also between eritrea and ethiopia and some of the refugees are going through these writs to get to ethiopia. those coming to yemen are going by boat. often these people are exploited by all sorts of the smugglers d thugs abusing the people on their way to yemen. host: guest: host: how much of this is tribal? guest: the chance

american refugee committee and the design firm ido and the neighbors campaign to engage the somali diaspora. not only in the united states, but around the world, to help raise awareness and fund for the relief effort. we're working with the white house to mobilize churches, mosques, and synagogues to support this effort. we must remember that time is not on our side. every minute, more people, mostly women and mostly children, are dying. they are becoming sick. they are fleeing their homes. we must respond. we need to rise to the level of this emergency by acting smarter and faster than we have before to achieve both short-term relief and long-term progress. think of what it would mean if we do succeed. millions of people would be saved from this current calamity. millions more would no longer live tenuous existence is, always prepared to pick up and move to find food if drown or conflict or other crises occur. parents were no longer have to endure the agony of losing their children when the food runs out. food aid from countries like the united states would be needed much less frequently b